| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Prologue in triptych -- Introduction -- Policing the public in the new capital -- Appearing in public : the relationships at the heart of the nation -- Healing to kill the true internal enemy -- Authority in the halls of science : women of the wards -- Mothers for the nation -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
"When China's War of Resistance against Japan began in July 1937, it sparked an immediate health crisis throughout China. In the end, China not only survived the war but emerged from the trauma with a curious strength. Intimate Communities argues that women who worked as military and civilian nurses, doctors, and midwives during this turbulent period built the national community, one relationship at a time. In a country with a majority illiterate, agricultural population that could not relate to urban elites' conceptualization of nationalism, these women used their work of healing to create emotional bonds with soldiers and civilians from across the country that transcended the divides of social class, region, gender, and language"--Provided by publisher |
| Analysis |
agricultural population |
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china |
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civilian nurses |
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cohesive population |
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conceptualization of nationalism |
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doctors |
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emotional bonds |
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gender |
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health crisis |
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japan |
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july 1937 |
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language |
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majority illiterate |
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midwives |
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national community |
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region |
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relationships |
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resistance |
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social class |
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soldiers |
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trauma |
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turbulent period |
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urban elites |
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war of resistance |
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war |
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women in the military |
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work of healing |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
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American Historical Association Joan Kelly Memorial Prize, 2019 |
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Public health -- China -- History -- 20th century
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Women and war -- China -- History -- 20th century
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Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945.
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Public health -- Political aspects -- China
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History.
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Asian history.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
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Public health
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Public health -- Political aspects
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Women and war
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China
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780520971868 |
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0520971868 |
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0520300467 |
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9780520300460 |
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